Child s slide



1v1. LIURNER. CHILDS SLIDE.

APPLICATON FILED FEB. 28, 1919. 4

" Patented July 29, 1919.

MARY E.. TURNER, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

CHILDS SLIDE.

Application filed February 28, 1919.

To all wlw/m, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, MARY E. TURNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Childrens Slides; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suoli as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

My invention has for its object to provide a highly efficient childrens slide; and, t0 this end it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrated the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a view in central vertical section illustrating the improved slide supported in an inclined position by a wall bracket;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the slide removed from the wall bracket;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 3 8 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the wall bracket secured to a door;

Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation showing the slide turned upside down and used as a cover for a boX; and

Fig. G is a view corresponding to Fig. 1, but on a smaller scale, and illustrating a different form of wall bracket. K

The improved childrens slide comprises a body member 7, of the desired width and length, with a central sliding space 8. This body member 7 may be made of any suitable material, but preferably wood, that is free from splinters and that will take a good polish.

To support the improved slide in an inelined position, there is secured to the upper end thereof a bracket 9 having a channellike hook 10 arranged to interlock with any one of the rungs of a wall bracket 11. The bracket 9 forms an extension of the upper end of the body 7 and is set therein, so that its upper surface is flush with the sliding surface of the slide. Screws or other suitable means are provided for securing the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29, 1919.

serial No. 279,927.

bracket 9 to the body 7. The hook 10 eX- tends, as shown, substantially the full width of the body 7, and thereby securely supports the slide against tipping. The ends of the vside or vertical members of the bracket 11 are bent rearward andprovided with disklike heads 12, through which screws are passed to secure said bracket to a wall, door or other suitable support 13. By means of the different rungs in the bracket 11, the improved slide may be supported at different inclinations, and, by reference to Figs. 1 and 4, it will be noted that said rungs are unequally spaced, so that the inclination of the slide may be changed only slightly or abruptly. In place of the form of wall, shown in Figs. 1 and 4, a single bar 14 may be used, as shown in Fig. 6. This form of bracket 14 does not, however, permit the slide to be adjusted at different inclinations. On each side of the central sliding space 8, are combined finger and toe grips 15, of suitable construction, in the form of a ladder. As shown, each set of combined finger and toe grips 15 are integrally formed, made from metal and set into channels formed in the body 7, so that their upper faces are Hush therewith. Under the rungs of the combined finger and toe grips 15, the body 7 is further recessedto permit a child to get a good hold on said rungs, either with its fingers or toes, or both.

To permit a child to rest for a short time after climbing the slide and before starting `to slide down, there is rigidly secured to the body 7 at the tops of each set of combined finger and toe grips 15, a curved flange 16. These iianges 16 are extended across the upper ends of the two sets of combined finger and toe grips 15 and, for a short distance, down the inner longitudinal members thereof. By reference to Fig. 1, it will be noted that the Lipper edges of the longitudinal portions of the flanges 16 taper from their transverse portions into the sliding surface of the body 7, so that there are no sharp corners on which a child may hurt itself.

Side members 17 are rigidly secured to the longitudinal edges of the body 7 to prevent a child from falling from the slide. As shown, these side members 17, preferably have open panels through which a child may look and also through which the child may be watched by the mother or nurse. These` open panels in the side members 17 also naturally reduce the weight of the slide and give the same a neat and iinished appearthe device is used as a slide, the lower rod 18 must, of course, be removed, but the upper rod 18 remains permanently in place and aiiords convenient means to which a child may hold, when at the top of the slide.

In addition to the sliding eature, the device may be turned upside down and used as a cover for a box 19, as shown in Fig. 5. The side members 17 and tie rod 18 cap the box 19, and thereby securely hold the device on the box 18. By reference to Fig. 2, it will be noted that the combined nger and toe grips 15 and flanges 16 are spaced inward of the side members 17 to receive therebetween the side of the box 19 and permit the body 7 to rest directly on the upper edges oi' the box.

In this use of the device, the same not only aiiords a cover for the box 19, but permits the same to be used as a seat or work table. Obviously, the box 19 may be used for various different purposes, for instance, the childs toys or clothing may be .kept therein.

1. A childrens slide comprising a ladderlike wall bracket, and a body member having a sliding space and also having at one end a hook-like bracket engageable with the rungs oi the wall bracket to support the body member at different inclinations.

2. A childrens slide comprising a body member having a central sliding space, combined linger and toe grips in the body member at each side 'of the sliding space, means for supporting the body member in an inclined position, said combined finger and toe grips terminating` short of the upper end of the sliding space to afford a sitting space, and curved flanges between the uppermost of said combined inger and toe grips and the sitting space.

8. A childrens slide comprising a body member having side members and a central sliding space, combined inger and toe grips in the body member at each side of the sliding space, means for supporting the body member in an inclined position, said combined finger and toe grips terminating short of the upper end of the sliding space to aord a sitting space, and curved flanges between the uppermost of said combined finger and toe grips and the sitting space and spaced apart from the side members.

4. A childrens slide comprising a body member having side members and a central sliding space, combined inger and toe grips in the body member at each side of the sliding space, means for supporting the body member in an inclined position, said combined linger and toe grips terminating short of the upper end of the sliding space to aiord a sitting space, curved flanges between the uppermost of said combined iinger and toe grips and the sitting space and spaced apart from the side members, and a pair of tie rods connecting said side members, one of Which is removable.

5. The combination with a box, of a childrens slide having side members and a smooth under side, said slide being applicable when turned upside down to cap the box as a cover.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MARY E. TURNER.

Witnesses:

CLARA DEMARnsT, HARRY D. KILGORE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the-Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. Y 

